Monday, January 26, 2009

The Rapids have just announced their roster for the preseason. The big news is who is not there. As had been rumored for the last couple of weeks, Tom McManus did not have his option picked up for next season. The Rapids also declined their option on Facundo Erpen. As Gary Smith said in the interview with WewantRapidman Jose Burciaga has not been re-signed. Along with the players we already had heard were leaving (Mike Petke, Tim Ward, and Bouna Coundoul) that opens up 5 senior roster spots (Ward was a Dev player). With 2 more senior spots being created this offseason that's 7 spots up for grabs. We can be fairly sure that Ty Harden and Matt Pickens will take two of those spots, so that leave 5 spots + the 4 Dev spots to be fought for, assuming none of the senior contracted players fall out of favor and get cut.